GBA Life Sciences at #BIO2014

This week, a member of our Life Sciences team is at the 2014 BIO International Convention in San Diego, CA. BIO is the largest global event for the biotechnology industry and brings together more than 14,000 people representing nearly 1,100 biotech companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers, and related organizations. GBA is attending alongside many of the companies for which we provide engineering, architecture, process design, construction and commissioning services.

BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. For more information, visit www.convention.bio.org.

#BIO2014 kicked off Monday evening with a welcome reception on the USS Midway.

Gateway Project in Johnson County is Under Construction

GBA is a major participant in KDOT’s first ever design-build project.  The Gateway design-build project includes 26 structure projects to help improve this corridor in Johnson County, KS.  GBA is in charge of 15 of these structures.  With design activities to end early in 2015, GBA’s bridge team was called upon first to get this project started.  Since the notice to proceed, in about three months, GBA’s design teams have met the early design schedule challenges.  They have been responsible for providing two early steel

packages, early bridge widening package, two widened and rehab bridge packages, two new bridge design packages and preliminary designs for two new bridges. GBA’s team has quickly provided these plans, following the required quality process for this project.  Along the way, GBA has eliminated bridge girders and found hundreds of thousands of savings on the bridges since the proposal was submitted.
For more information, follow the progress with #jocogateway.